Independant musician and ARIA award winner Kavisha Mazzella was born in London,U K and migrated to Perth,Western Australia in the 1960's,setting the scene for her intuitive journey into the world of music and art .A major source of her inspiration comes from her unique multicultural heritage through her Anglo-Burmese mother and her Italian father.
"Thank you very much for the wonderful performance yesterday at the Multicultural Memory Lane Café.
You got everyone involved and brought enjoyment to those with memory loss/dementia and their loved ones.
I heard comments such as, “I haven’t seen my father this happy for a while”, and “Singing those songs made me relive my youth”.." Dr Walter Petralia of Melbourne working with elderly italian community in Melbourne.
CHOIRS Over the last 20 years beside performing her own songs, Kavisha has led choirs at many festivals such as Gorgeous Voices Bendigo (of which she is also a matron),Tasmanian Festival Of Voice and Woodford Festival . In 2004 Kavisha was commissioned to write" Tunc Justus" ( "Thus Justice" based on a poem by Raffaelo Carbone ) a choral piece for the Italian Womens Choir to sing for the 150 th Anniversary celebrations of The Eureka Stockade Rebellion . In 2006 she directed the 600 voice Sing For Water choir for for the Commonwealth Games Arts Festival in Melbourne.,which raised funds for Clean Water in East Timor .In 2008 Kavisha was commissioned to write The Women's Anthem " Love and Justice " by The Victorian Women's Trust to celebrate 100 years of Women's Suffrage In Victoria and conducted the 460 strong choir of women to perform it. Currently Kavisha conducts a community choir regularly In Melbourne on Tuesday Nights at 7.45 pm at Saint Marks Baptist Hall 100 Hodgkinson St.Clifton Hill . "The Moon's A Balloon" Choir for Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria which is an open choir so if you are looking for a choir to join ,
What is Empty Sky? Empty Sky is a singing and silent meditation practice that goes for an hour and abit depending on mood.. We sing a chant and as the last note falls away we let the silence be and become one with that ..sitting together is silent meditation for afew minutes ,we then start another song and so on . We explore the relationship between music and silence .We go higher and higher with the music and deeper and deeper with the silence within. The music opens our hearts then guides us to that inner space then we sit in silence together.Flying high in the sky with song and diving deep into our meditative roots in the silence refreshes one's soul. And its FUN! Lead by expererienced meditators and musicians Kavisha Mazzella and Jarek Czechowicz . All welcome.
